The Quest for the Lost King: Chapter 5
"Man, that's weird! I was talking to my daughter and she looked just under our age," I comment, utterly shocked. Gaia tries to remain calm, "Yeah. Aeneas, I know that the elk told you not to, but..." I smile, "You want me to talk to her again, don't...
The Quest for the Lost King: Chapter 4
I walk into Gaia's tent, knowing that she'll want to discuss what we had just finished talking about. The tent is completely covered in maps and strategic data for their war against my former nation, the Southern Republics. Being in this room, I feel...
How I Came To Love My Best Friend: Chapter 3
_Monday, September 5, 2022 (continued):_ Letting him drag me into his car, I was still shocked by his confession. Even when we entered the stadium for the concert, I was dumbfounded. How could he ever want me? He was famous, I was just some kid right...
How I Came to Love My Best Friend: Chapter 2
_Monday, September 5, 2022_: "Yeah, I wish!" I heard Luke laughing on the phone shortly after I woke up, "He's too shy for that. I checked his search history though and there's hope for me...Yeah, I'm serious! Why wouldn't I be?...I see. That seems a...
How I Came to Love My Best Friend: Chapter 1
Let me get this straight: I never expected anything that happened to me in September of 2022, but I have yet to regret the experience. It's a long story and came as a shock to me, but I'll try to tell it all to you as best I can. It all starts with an...
The Quest for the Lost King: Chapter 3
The Second Phase: The Exile _I wake up in a vast expanse of nothingness. Just the color white in all directions...except for a lone mahogany bar table to the north of my position. A mysterious cervine awaits my approach on a stool, beckoning me with a...
The Quest for the Lost King: Chapter 2
I hear a voice near my ear, "_I really hate to do this to you, Aeneas, but...it must be done. You never should have trusted me. I do this in the name of the Northern Alliance._" I hear the sound of steel cutting air before I scare myself awake. "No!"...
A Hunter's Anguish (Poetry)
A Hunter's Anguish I chase, running as a wind unrestrained, Through the forest, the swamp, the endless sea. Where shall I find that which all have proclaimed Greatest of all feelings, an ecstasy? Wherefore art this love, for not yet in me Have...
The Quest for the Lost King: Chapter 1
I wake up suddenly after someone kicks me in the leg, "Ouch! What was that for?" I look at my surroundings to find seven guardsmen of every possible species with swords pointed at my face, one of them holding Elizabeth hostage. Gaia asks both me and...
The Quest for the Lost King: Prologue
The First Phase: A "Newcomer's" Perspective I wake up alone, in the darkness in some sort of wooden box. I check my surroundings as my eyes slowly adjust to the lack of light...I'm in a CARRIAGE! I jump in shock and hear the clang of metal. I look...
The Commitment
"Another Monday...", I growl, shoving the bed sheets off of my body and getting on a dress shirt and a blazer, almost forgetting to put dress pants on as I stumble into the bathroom. It's 6 AM: give me a break, I'm tired. Brushing my teeth and deciding...
The Greatest Feeling in the World
Getting bored of waiting around for my parents to return from the market, I start playing a tango on my computer's speakers. I meant to put it on as something just to pass the time, but looking over my shoulder at the beautiful white-furred wolf behind...